Free e-book: Revel with a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America

Before there was Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Brucesatirists from the left who waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times through wry and scabrous comedy. Revel with a Cause tells the story of

Free e-book: Revel with a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America

Before there was Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Brucesatirists from the left who waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times through wry and scabrous comedy. Revel with a Cause tells the story of the politically engaged comedy that flourished in the 1950s and 60s.